DuShawn Nelson February 1‚ 2010 Coms 305: Public Speaking NBA ALL STAR’S Specific Purpose Statement: To explain the different events and competitions during NBA All Star weekend. Central Idea: All Star weekend is a action packed event where fans vote‚ attend and/or watch the most popular NBA stars battle out in various competitions. INTRODUCTION Basketball or as I like to refer to it‚ B-Ball‚ started in Ontario‚ Canada by James Naismith on December 15‚ 1891. This invention has led to many
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against renewing its existing contract with FedEx‚ the new alliance was effective from October 1‚ 2002. The key consideration for Blue Dart was the restrictive nature of contract as the contract forbade the domestic courier to carry any packages from TNT‚ UPS or DHL. Other issue was that Blue Dart wanted to strengthen regional presence by tapping Indian trade with SAARC nations while FedEx wanted to promote its own brand in India. According to DHL‚ its two tie ups with Blue Dart and AFL are non-competitive
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Thesis: The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary‚ unsafe‚ and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal. I. Nuclear weapons have a short‚ but expansive history. a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science. b) The Manhattan Project was the beginning of the nuclear age. II. Nuclear weapons are unnecessary. a) Nuclear weapons‚ and the states that possess them‚ cause tension and paranoia amongst their
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demonstrating its innovative wire-free charging cases for Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices at International CES 2015 in Las Vegas. The company will also be showing its line of slim‚ stylish‚ and ergonomic mobile charging products. Las Vegas‚ NV-AZ - iPowerUp‚ provider of innovative and upscale mobile charging solutions‚ announces its first series of Over-The-Air (OTA) wire-free charging cases for the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices. The cases charge without any wires or mats. Using
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In recent years‚ both Republicans and Democrats have debated what healthcare reform in the U.S. should look like. Unfortunately‚ this debate has been going on for decades with no clear solution to “fit” everyone perfect. There are many reasons why this important topic has been debated for so long with little change before 2011; one of those reasons could arguably be public opinion. Since the beginning of politics‚ public opinion has had some degree of affect in a politician’s decision-making process
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The Roles of Women before ‘The Great War’ British society has undergone many changes during the Great War. Significantly‚ the changes had affected many women of all statuses to bring the good for the rights of women and how they eventually obtained their voting rights. Before the Great War‚ Upper Class women in Britain did not work at all‚ where they were known to be caring for their husbands‚ children and of course their homes. Also‚ they had the job of being a housewife; fulfilling the basic essential
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‘Little Boy’ contained more than 9‚000-pound uranium-235 bomb was loaded aboard a modified B-29 bomber christened Enola Gay. It exploded 2‚000 feet above Hiroshima in a blast equal to 12-15‚000 tons of TNT‚ which is a high explosive formed from toluene by substitution of three hydrogen atoms with nitro groups‚ destroying approximately 12.9499 square kilometres or five square miles of the city. The atomic bomb used on Nagasaki was a lot more powerful than
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Charmed‚ the series review I didn’t get into the series until I happened to catch a little bit of it on TNT one morning. That was in the beginning when Prue was still alive. I started to watch it out of curiosity and then I got really into the show‚ as I found myself wanting to watch it every day before and after school. The three main characters in the show are Piper Halliwell‚ Phoebe Halliwell‚ Prue Halliwell (until she dies) and Paige Mathews-Halliwell (the half sister). All the sisters
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Mexico with the discovery of a gargantuan crater that was more than 110 miles wide (Vergano). The explosion that created the crater would have been made by an asteroid that was at least 6 miles across releasing as much energy as 100 trillion tons of TNT (Q). This explosion is a billion times more powerful than the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Q). Scientist also believe that this explosion created dense clouds of dust blocking the sun’s rays‚ as well as darkening and chilling
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03.05 Assignment World War I brought enormous changes to warfare and to the lives of millions of people. Complete one of the following written assignments to show your understanding of these changes. Option A: Put yourself in the position of a U.S. soldier or American relief worker during World War I. Write a letter home of at least three paragraphs explaining where you are and how you came to be there. Describe what you see‚ what you smell‚ what you hear‚ and what surrounds you. Explain how
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